Published 9:23 am, Friday, November 12, 2010

Tom and Kathleen Patterson check the destruction at Ray's Electrical and Refrigeration on Texas 87 in Crystal Beach.

Tom and Kathleen Patterson check the destruction at Ray's...

Arlene Hanlon and her children, Grayson, left, and Erin, watch the darkening skies as Hurricane Jerry makes its way toward Galveston. The Hanlons live on Galveston Island and were waiting for the ferry to take them back to the island so they could wait out the storm at home.

Arlene Hanlon and her children, Grayson, left, and Erin, watch the...

Josephine Wilson, riht, and her children Shari Lynn, 7, Henry Bernard, 3, and Porsha, 1, left to right, have some breakfast at the American Red Cross shelter at DeQueen Elementary School in Port Arthur Tuesday morning.

Josephine Wilson, riht, and her children Shari Lynn, 7, Henry...

Bill Williams, background, boards up Channel Inn Restaurant in Sabine Pass with help from Perry Williams, foreground, and Roy Williams.

Bill Williams, background, boards up Channel Inn Restaurant in...

Vanessa Ross seems to be thinking 'what else?' as she stocks up in preparation for Hurricane Chantal's arrival.

Vanessa Ross seems to be thinking 'what else?' as she stocks up in...

A pickup truck sits on scarred Texas 87 about seven miles east of the intersection of Texas 124.

"Chantal, the Atlantic season's first hurricane, lashed the Gulf Coast with heavy rain and strong winds Tuesday, forcing many residents to flee but causing relatively little damage. Chantal ripped off roofs, toppled power lines and sent barrels rolling down streets after moving ashore about 8:15 a.m. near High Island, packing 82 mph winds, National Weather Service officials said. The hurricane weakened inland, and officials downgraded it to a tropical storm at 10:45 a.m., when top wind speeds dropped to 55 mph, and downgraded it further to a tropical depression at 8 p.m. Tuesday... Weather officials said Chantal was a Category 1 storm, the smallest on the Saffir-Simpson scale of strength." - August 2, 1989